From neonatal care to resident education -- Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) conference presentations by Weill Cornell faculty reflect the breadth of children's health care

From neonatal care to resident professionalism, this year's Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual conference (April 30-May 3, 2011 in Denver, Colorado) features an array of children's health topics presented by Weill Cornell Medical College pediatric faculty.

Stop by the NewYork-Presbyterian Children's Health booth for a mini-schedule with complete times and locations, or check the PAS website.

PAS PRESENTATIONS BY WEILL CORNELL PEDIATRIC FACULTY

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Assessment of Medical Student and Resident Professionalism - Critically Appraising the Options
T.J. Jirasevijinda et al

Addressing the New Proposed Mental Health Competencies: Resident Opinions
Elisa Hampton, Susan Bostwick, Leslie Delfiner, Pamela Tieu, and Cori Green

Advocacy Training: Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls
Susan Bostwick, Dina Lieser, Laurie Gordon, Elisa Hampton

Scholarship of Education: How to Write Compelling Abstracts
T.J. Jirasevijinda et al

Designing Qualitative Research
T.J. Jirasevijinda et al

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Stopping Growth Hormone Therapy: How Tall Is Tall Enough?
Maria Vogiatzi

Thyroid Dysfunction in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Jennifer Hughes, Zoltan Antal, James Hurley, Mary J. James, James Bussel

GENERAL

Increasing Prevalence of Essential Hypertension in Children: Concerning New Trends
Monica Prieto, Mariely Nieves, Melvin Bonilla-Felix, Karen Ortiz, Marta Suarez

Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Asthma Severity
Archana Mehta, Janelle Sher, Melanie Wilson-Taylor MD, Mary Jo Ward P

Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Familial Inheritance, Severity, and Gender Comparisons
Heather Walters, N Pan, LN Moorthy, MJ Ward, TJ Lehman

Juvenile Chronic Stress Alters the Stress Reactivity, Behavior, and Brain Morphology
Lisa R. Eiland, Johnny Ramroop, Matthew Hill and Bruce S. McEwen

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Intra-Individual Variability in Chronic ITP Treated with Thrombopoietic Agents
Elliot Stieglitz, Mary J. Ward, James B. Bussel

Caregiver and Patient Factors Associated with Pediatric Hydroxyurea Use
Suzette O. Oyeku, Nancy S. Green, M. Catherine Driscoll, Hillel W. Cohen, Rebecca Trachtman, Farzana Pashankar, Craig A. Mullen, Patricia Giardina, Andrew D. Racine.

Antenatal Therapy for Standard Risk Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT)
Cheryl A. Vinograd, Richard L. Berkowitz, Janice G. McFarland, Megan Wissert, Felicia W. Tsaur, James B. Bussel

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Data from a Multi-Center Study
Jennifer Duchon, Jennifer Wong McLoughlin, Patricia DelaMora, Luis Alba, Theoklis Zaoutis, David A. Paul, Lisa Saiman

OBESITY AND NUTRITION

Association of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone with Insulin Resistance and Lipid Profile in Overweight and Obese Children
Nga Man Lau, Catherine Chang, Roja Motaghedi, Mary J Ward and Saroj Nimkarn

NEPHROLOGY

Vitamin D Deficiency in CKD (Symposium 2275A: Novel Roles of Vitamin D Metabolites in Kidney and Cardiovascular Diseases)
Juhi Kumar

NEWBORN MEDICINE

Chronic Neonatal Stress Alters Stress Reactivity, Spatial Memory and Behavior during Adolescence
Lisa R. Eiland, Johnny Ramroop, Bruce S. McEwen

Neonatal Infectious Diseases / Immunology: Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Upregulates the Innate Immune Response in Neonatal Cord Blood
Michael M Espiritu, Jeffrey M Perlman, Susanna Cunningham-Rundles

The Role of Pre-Operative Pulmonary Function Testing as a Screening Tool in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Gina Coscia, Lisa Ipp, Joshua Needleman, Mary Jo Ward, Erika Abramson

The Two Thumb (TT) rather than the Two Finger (TF) Technique Using an Elevated Surface Rather than the Floor Should be the Preferred Method of Teaching Infant CPR Anytime
Trang Huynh, Rae Jean Hemway, Jeffrey Perlman

General Pediatrics Potpourri: The Helping Babies Breath (HBB) Program Targeting Early Basic Resuscitation (BR) in Non Breathing Babies at Birth Is Associated with a Significant Reduction in Neonatal Mortality
Georgina Msemo, Hussein Kidanto, Hege Ersdal, Prisca Ringia, Jeffrey Perlman

Hyperbilirubinemia and Neurodevelopment in < 1000g Birth Weight Infants
Gail S. Ross, Bella Fridman, William Frayer, Jeffrey M. Perlman

Temperature Regulation in the Delivery Room in State of the Art Plenary: Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines - Physiologic Basis
Jeffrey M Perlman

Hyperthermia (HYPER) following Hypoxia-Ischemia (HI) in the Neonatal Rat is Associated with both Selective Hippocampal Damage (SHD) and Increased Infarct
Mathew Rainaldi, Susan Vannucci, Jeffrey Perlman

Long Term Effects of Iron Supplements in Preterm Infants in Session: Patient Oriented Neonatal Nutritional Clinical Research
Susan M. Miller, Sharon A. Dowd, Diane B. D'Eugenio

Neonatal Neurology: Birth Asphyxia (BA) and Prematurity Are the Major Causes of Early Neonatal Mortality (NM) in a Developing Country
Hege Langli Ersdal, Estomih Mduma, Erling Svensen, Jeffrey Perlman

Perinatal Brain Club: Periventricular Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Preterm Infant -- A 30 Year Journey. Have We Made a Difference?
Jeffrey M Perlman

Ergonomics of Neonatal CPR: Cardiac Compressions from the Patient's Side versus Head of Bed
John E Sparks, Lina F Chalak, Jeffrey M Perlman, Myra H Wyckoff

International: Clinical Manifestations (CM) Attributed to Perinatal Brain Injury (PBI) in Term Infants (TI) Are Often Delayed Limiting Opportunities for Prevention
Toshiki Takenouchi, Ericalyn Kasdorf, Murray Engel, Amos Grunebaum, Jeffrey M Perlman

Neonatal Fetal Nutrition & Metabolism: Omegaven (O) a Novel Omega-3 Fatty Acid Emulsion Reverses Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis (PNAC) in Infants Requiring Prolonged PN without Side Effects
Michael Espiritu, Jeffrey Perlman

Neonatal Neurology: Fetal Heart Rate (FHTR) Abnormalities Identify Infants at Greatest Risk for Birth Asphyxia (BA), Need for Face Mask Ventilation (FMV), Neonatal Deaths (ND) and Fresh Stillbirths (FSB) in a Low Resourced Hospital
Hege Langli Ersdal, Estomih Mduma, Erling Svensen, Johanne Sundby, Jeffrey Perlman

Amplitude EEG Response During Surgical Ligation of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants is a Potential Measure of Pain Control (Poster)
Ericalyn Kasdorf, Murray Engel, Jeffrey Perlman